Improvement in processes for the manufacture of vinegar



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALvIN n. LOW, on 'rrmourn, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF VINEGAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVIN H. Low, of Tidi oute, in the county of Warren,in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Mode ofManufacturing Vinegar; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof.

The nature of my invention consists in the compounding or mixing thefollowing articles, and in the following manner, viz.: Take of purewater, sixteen (16) parts; sirup or mo.- lasses. 'one (1) part; commonbakers yeast, one (1) part-make a compound having a temperature of abouteighty (80) degrees Fahrenheit, and keep the compound thus made in a vwarm atmosphere and in from ten to thirty days it will become good andwholesome vinegar, equal or superior to any now manufactured. Theprocess of making may be facilitated after about forty eight hours fromthe time the mixture is made by adding a small quantity of old vinegar.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The process for the manufacture of vinegar,- consisting in the mixing ofthe ingredients above specified, at about the temperature of 80Fahrenheit, and preserving them in warm condition, substantially asherein set forth.

Witnesses: I A. H. LOW.

'lnos. J. LEWIS, J AMES H. PITT.

